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... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Reptiles > Snakes > Alethinophidia > Viperidae > Crotalinae > Bothrops > Bothrops atrox
... > Eukaryota > Animals > Animal Population Groups > Animals, Poisonous > Venomous Snakes > Viperidae > Crotalinae > Bothrops > Bothrops atrox
... > Eukaryota > Animals > Chordata > Vertebrates > Reptiles > Snakes > Venomous Snakes > Viperidae > Crotalinae > Bothrops > Bothrops atrox

Preferred term

Bothrops atrox  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Amarilla, Barba
  • Barba Amarilla
  • Barba Amarillas
  • Coluber atrox
  • Common Lancehead
  • Common Lanceheads
  • Fer de Lance
  • Fer-de-Lance
  • Lancehead, Common
  • Trimeresurus atrox

Scope note

  • A species of venomous pit viper of the BOTHROPS genus. Bothrops atrox are found in the tropical lowlands of northern South America east of the Andes and Trinidad where it is called mapepire balsain. B. atrox is more commonly called common lancehead and fer-de-lance. BATROXOBIN is usually isolated from B. atrox venom.

History note

  • 2024(1994)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000097142

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